Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Woodstock 1969 was happening, it was simply a three-day music festival to celebrate peace and music in a time of political ...

More than twice the number of people expected showed up. Traffic issues caused performers to show up late – or to be thrown off the schedule entirely. Food, water and bathrooms were in short supply.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aug. 15 marks the 55th anniversary of the beginning of Woodstock, the now iconic music festival that drew more than 400,000 people ...

An event advertised as "three days of peace and music" kicked off on a farm in Bethel, New York, on this day in history, Aug. 15, 1969. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, which would come to be known ...

It’s the most iconic concert of all time. And second place isn’t even close. The original Woodstock festival, which took place August 15-18, 1969, in the town of Bethel, New York, included some of the ...

Woodstock was supposed be just another gig for Janis Joplin. But when she arrived by helicopter at the muddy field in tiny Bethel, N.Y., and looked out at the crowd of more than 400,000 people, she ...

The week marks the 55th anniversary of the legendary Woodstock festival, which took place Aug. 15-18, 1969, on a grassy farm in upstate New York. An estimated 400,000 to 500,000 young music fans, many ...